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- Cockermouth Keswick & Penrith Railway Line, The
 - Information about the CK&PR line that linked Workington to Durham from the 1860s to the 1960s. - History Of Barrow Island
- Barrow-in-Furness - Barrow Island past and present.
- History of Whitehaven
- Whitehaven - Find out how the town helped to develop the coal and shipbuilding industries, and its links with America.
- Industrial History of Cumbria
- Traces the history of industry up to the present day.
- Genealogy
- Museums and Memorials
- Brantwood: John Ruskin's Home (1872-1900)
- Coniston - Visitor information for the house on Coniston Water where the British writer, artist, art and social critic, amateur geologist, and philosopher lived.
- Cumberland Pencil Museum
- Keswick - Tells the story of pencils and pencil making, with information on the history of graphite mining in the area and machinery displays.
- Haig Colliery Mining Museum
- Whitehaven - Tells the history of 700 years of coal mining history, which ended in 1986 when Haig Pit closed.
- Kendal Museum
- Kendal - Founded in 1796 and tells the story of Kendal and the Lake District including local archaeology, history, geology, and natural history.
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